Maximus of Turin

Maximus of Turin (died 415 AD), also known as San Massimo, was Bishop of Turin in Raetia, Western Roman Empire.

Biography
Maximus was born in Turin, Raetia, Western Roman Empire, and he became the Bishop of Turin and a notable Christian theological writer. He was a staunch anti-pagan, arguing that, if landowners did nothing to stop their peasants from sacrificing to idols, the landowners had sinned by tacitly giving permission for the peasants to carry out sacrifices. He saw the pagan gods as demons and not mere figments of the imagination, and therefore as evil spirits. He died in 415.